Road to Sydney 1/3 – First Session (8h BST)

A High-Impact Programme for Future Leaders and Forward-Thinking Firms

Road to Sydney is an immersive programme designed to develop the next generation of leaders while helping firms unlock Employee Experience as a powerful driver of growth.

Built for Today’s Firm Environment

Across three webinars, participants explore a practical five-pillar framework—Attract, Embed, Enable, Reward, and Sustain—and get to present their ideas and NextGen perspectives on how to tackle the real challenges facing mid-tier firms today,  from talent shortages and burnout risk to evolving expectations around flexibility, progression, and purpose.

Real-World Learning with Immediate Impact

Working in international teams, participants will:

• Develop modern options for developing a firms employee experience
• Redesign critical touchpoints across the employee lifecycle as automation and AI impact. 
• Build commercially grounded solutions that improve retention, engagement, and profitability

Firms benefit from their NextGenners having explored fresh peer group thinking, practical ideas, and globally informed perspectives that can be applied immediately.

Shaping the Future of Careers in Your Firm

As the programme progresses, the focus shifts from quick wins to reimagining career pathways, ownership models, and long-term employee value propositions.

Compete, Present, and Gain Global Recognition

The programme culminates in a final presentation to a panel of judges, where teams showcase their strategies—competing for an expenses-paid trip to the AGN 2026 World Congress in Sydney and the opportunity to present on a global stage.

This is a focused, high-impact experience, designed to fit alongside your role, with three 90-minute webinars (25 June, 20 August, 3 September) and light team collaboration between sessions—around 7–8 hours in total.

Value for Participants and Firms

For participants:

• Connect with the global AGN NextGen community and build international relationships
• Gain practical skills, global exposure, and the opportunity to shape ideas that influence how firms attract, develop, and retain talent
• Be in with a chance to win attendance at the AGN 2026 World Congress in Sydney, including hotel and a $1,000 travel contribution*

For firm partners:

• Through the resulting thought leadership, gain insight into what motivates emerging talent and access innovative, commercially relevant ideas to strengthen your firm’s people strategy
• Strengthen your future leadership pipeline with high-potential, NextGen talent
• Bring fresh thinking, global perspectives, and valuable connections back to your firm through the AGN community